In what is shaping up to be an ultra-competitive Eastern AA, Gallatin High and Bozeman High have proven to be the league’s two best teams.

Entering play on Tuesday, every team in the conference was .500 or better, but the Raptors and Hawks had surged to the top with identical 13-0 records and 6-0 starts against Eastern AA foes. It was fitting, then, that the first loss for one of them was delivered by the other.

Inside a crowded Raptor Gym at Gallatin High on Tuesday, the defending state champion Raptors emerged with a 25-23, 22-25, 25-15, 25-14 victory to stay unbeaten.

“This is a really good team, and I really like the growth that they’ve shown so far and the direction we keep heading,” Gallatin head coach Erika Gustavsen said. “They’re very competitive, they’re very determined and th

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